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Maine Draft State Broadband Action Plan Focuses On Closing Affordability Gap

Education Superhighway

Engage with our partners to explore best practices and other policy solutions, programs, and pilots that could provide support if the ACP is not funded beyond 2024. Through the ACP4ME campaign, MCA aims to increase enrollment in the Affordable Connectivity Program to 54% of eligible households by 2029.

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OPINION: Why we must invest in new, innovative workforce training to fill a skills gap

The Hechinger Report

Through 2029, growth in the IT sector is expected to rise 11 percent and add over half a million jobs to the U.S. Effectively review employee data to identify hard-to-find candidates across geographic and demographic lines. economy, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. After the year we’ve had, this is welcome news.

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Can start-up companies profit off one of the lowest paid professions: home-based child care?

The Hechinger Report

It’s just like, private information,” said Bennett in response to The Hechinger Report’s request for updated data. To meet that goal they’d have to launch 100,000 new businesses per year from now until 2029. For context, Colorado currently has 5,034 licensed child care facilities, according to that state’s data.

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